How to Add a Port to a Web Address

by G.S. Jackson, Demand Media

Typically, HTTP requests made by URLs default to connections on a server's port 80. This port handles HTTP requests exclusively, and has become the de facto standard. However, if your company's server uses a different port, either for internal requests of for file sharing security reasons, you can supply that port number in your connection URL to ensure your connections goes through smoothly.

Step 1

Determine the port your server uses for connections. The port is usually assigned by the system administrator during server setup, so check with that person, or check the server documentation. For this example, the port number is 95, but it could be anything.

Step 2

Get the correct IP address or domain you need to connect to in order to make a connection. For an external server, this is the domain name, such as "www.domain.com." However, an internal server might require a local IP address, such as "192.168.1.102."

Connect to the server using the correct location and port. Open your Web browser and enter the correct information in your address bar. For example, if connecting to a local server at local IP 192.168.1.102 on port 95, construct the URL to contain the "http://" portion, the IP address, a colon and the port number:http://192.168.1.102:95

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